Winning the offer, counter-offer game
The seller sets an inflated asking price and as the buyer you offer something less. Here’s how to win this cat-and-mouse game.
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Office condominiums gaining appeal The low interest rates that have energized home sales here are driving a new market for commercial space: office condos.via
Sold on eBay (Reg Req'd) ANGELIQUE AZVEDO WAS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER at Amica Mutual Insurance when she discovered eBay, the online auction site, about five years ago.via
Spring mortgage foreclosures topped percentage a year ago (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Mortgage foreclosures climbed in the spring as higher interest rates and energy prices made monthly payments harder for some homeowners to make, a trade group reported yesterday.read more...
Morgan Stanley to Cut 1,000 U.S., U.K. Mortgage Jobs (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm, will eliminate 1,000 jobs by scaling back its U.S. residential mortgage business and closing the Advantage Home Loans unit
Wachovia's new suitor Wachovia is now being sought by Wells Fargo in a deal that doesn't involve help from the FDIC.read more...
Bush administration opposes Democrats' housing rescue plan "The message that we risk sending to financial institutions and individuals is that when they willingly take on excessive and ill-advised risk, the government will ride to their rescue."